The children from 1P – 8P have been experiencing meditation and mindfulness sessions with Matias. They are learning to be aware of what surrounds them in the present moment. They are also discovering techniques to find their personal island of calm.
La Souris Traviata
Le mardi 24 janvier les enfants de 1 et 2P sont allés au Grand Théâtre de Genève pour participer à l’atelier-spectacle La Souris Traviata. Ils ont rencontré la Mezzo-Soprano Julia Deit-Ferrand pour essayer ensemble de réveiller la souris qui rêve de devenir cantatrice et qui vit dans le Foyer du grand Théâtre. Pour la réveiller les enfants avaient besoin de lui envoyer des bisous en chanson.
Ce fut aussi l’occasion pour eux de découvrir le somptueux bâtiment de style Beaux-Art de 1879.
Psychomotricité
Monica is our psychmotricienne. She comes to school on a Monday morning and works with the children in physical, social and emotional education. This morning she was creating an imaginary road with the children, using a traffic light and different stop signs. The children had to regulate their speed and actions according to the signs. They had to wait for each other, keep a safe distance by staying in physical control. They had to regulate their emotions when they were going fast to be able to slow down at the next sign.
Winter Solstice
Thank you for coming to our Winter Solstice party and sharing the meal with us. This is a special moment every year when the entire La Découverte family comes together. We enjoyed preparing this event and learning the songs! We hope you all had a lovely time. We wish you very happy holidays.
Story time at Avenue Blanc with 3/4P
The 3/4P classes came to Avenue Blanc to present the story of the ‘Souris de dents’. The had read the text in class and studied the vocabulary and structure. They then learnt the text and created little dramatic scenes to present to the younger children.
Advent calendars
Every year the classes make advent calendars. Each child has a special date where their name is chosen and they can take a surprise from the advent calendar. The children learn about the calendar, the countdown to Christmas and practice counting up and down to 25 in French and English!
Of course, they are also extremely beautiful…
Hands on stories tea party
The children at the Wednesday morning Hands on stories extra have been visiting different countries in the world. This time their journey was to London and they had a traditional English tea party. They made pictures of London buses, themselves as the royal family and they made special tea infusions with different herbs and spices. It was delicious!
Mini-Escalade
On the afternoon of the Escalade race, several families met up in the Perle du Lac park for a mini escalade race organised by Johanna and Zohra with the parent’s association.
The 3 year olds, 1P and 2P had races of differing lengths around the park. The parents accompanied them and they all managed to finish their race! They were rewarded with fruit, juice and chocolate marmites to break together.
The mushroom house
The latest development in the 3 year old mushroom adventure is the construction of a mushroom house. They used giant lego bricks to try and make a circular construction to hide inside.
All about mushrooms!
The three year old class have been exploring the forest and the multitude of mushrooms in the forest. They have smelled them, observed them, sketched them and painted them. They have pickled the mushrooms, read books about mushrooms and invented their own names for the mushrooms. I will let the pictures tell the story…
